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THE NICKEL BOYS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2019) dj. Hardcover first edition - Powerful novel by this award winning author, set in the Jim Crow era, and the early years of civil rights movement, and inspired by the real story of the Dozier School that operated for 111 years in Florida (from 1900 to 2011), a chamber of horrors where boys, especially Black boys, were physically and sexually abused, and corruption was rampant. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize (the second for Whitehead), the Kirkus Prize and more. Basis of the 2024 film of the same name. 213 pp. ISBN: 978-0385537070.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (a bit of bleeding from upper edge of back cover to interior of dj - otherwise tight and clean, appears unread)
Book ID: 92919More details Price: $18.50